Health

Japan to bar new foreign arrivals over virus variant

The country's borders have been almost entirely shut to new overseas visitors for most of the pandemic

This Covid-19 nightmare too shall pass

Amid torment that is seemingly beyond bearing, we should strengthen our faith and spirituality

Vietnam to commemorate Covid-19 victims

Nationwide ceremony will memorialize those who have succumbed to the contagion

Philippines gives medical workers Covid booster jabs

Catholic youth group warns against corruption tainting the latest vaccine rollout

Cambodia takes cautious approach to Covid rebound

Govt delays reopening of kindergartens and high-risk businesses like karaokes and discotheques

Greek Catholic cathedral in Ukraine opens for vaccinations

Ukraine reported a record 793 Covid-19 deaths on Sunday

Covid and Indian media’s credibility crisis

The pandemic has exposed deep flaws in some sectors, especially India’s vast media sphere

Philippine anti-vaxxer group threatens legal action

Government officials accused of implementing 'unscientific and extreme' Covid-19 vaccination campaigns

India's Covid hospital fire kills 11

The hospital ward, which was left a charred wreck, had been newly built for coronavirus patients

Suicides highlight poor mental health care in Indonesia 

Rate of people killing themselves is sure to go up if nothing is done to improve help for the mentally ill across the country

Philippine health chief voices fears as Manila curfew ends

Health secretary, Catholic groups warn of a spike in Covid cases ahead of holidays if protocols are not observed

India sees spike in dengue fever cases

Hospitals in New Delhi are running out of beds as the country is hit by another health crisis after Covid-19

Thailand’s new curbs further harm press freedom

Indonesian indigenous people fight on despite arrests

Filipino pastor claims new Covid variant is God's punishment

Korean Church raises funds to renovate care homes for elderly

Defrocked Timor-Leste priest's trial reaches final stage

Yet another Catholic church destroyed by Myanmar junta